IC designer seeks primary listing on TWSE
By Tien Yu-pin and Frances Huang, Focus Taiwan Taipei, May 1 (CNA) FocalTech Corp., a Cayman Islands-registered integrated circuit designer, has filed an application with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) for a primary listing, the exchange said Wednesday. The IC…
Kidney stones risk lowered among women through exercise
From iTech Post A new study finds that exercise helps prevent kidney stones in women. The study, discussed on Friday May 3 at the American Urological Association conference in San Diego, reveals that even a small amount of exercise can…
Benghazi Whistleblower: I reported attack was terrorism ‘from the Get-go’
From Newsmax The second-ranking U.S. official in Libya during last year’s deadly attack on the mission in Benghazi immediately considered it a terrorist attack rather than a spontaneous event, according to a transcript of his interview with congressional investigators. “I…
Olympian Streete-Thompson is in his third season as Missouri track and field coach
By Christian Clark, Columbian Missourian COLUMBIA — Whenever Valerie Thompson needed to find her son, Kareem Streete-Thompson, she looked outside. Somewhere in George Town, Cayman Islands, he was running or jumping or making up games with friends. He preferred playing…
Santos Laguna awarded special recognition from CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb
Team’s Actions following the CONCACAF Champions League Final Exemplified Spirit of Fair Play MIAMI (Tuesday, May 7, 2013) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today announced the decision of President Jeffrey Webb to recognize…
HSBC Private Banking Logs Pre-Tax Loss In First Quarter
By Ainhoa Barcelona, Reporter in London, Wealth Briefing The private banking segment of HSBC recorded a pre-tax loss of $125 million in the first three months of 2013, a sharp decline compared to its profit of $286 million from a…
British Virgin Islands: Segregated Portfolio Companies
Article by Louise Groom and Sean Scott, Harneys Any Cayman Islands exempted company (the most common Cayman corporate vehicle limited by shares), including those to be established as funds, may be registered as a segregated portfolio company (an SPC). Registration…
Obama’s modest proposal to cap retirement entitlements
By Fred Hiatt, Published: The Washington Post When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney admitted to keeping assets in the Cayman Islands, money managers for the wealthy were not surprised. When it emerged that he had paid taxes at a lower…
Webb chairs first FIFA Anti-Discrimination Task Force meeting
Members discuss stronger and consistent sanctions against acts of discrimination and racism The newly created FIFA Task Force Against Racism and Discrimination held its first meeting today at the Home of FIFA in Zürich. The session focused the debate on…
Syria crisis: UN peacekeepers seized on Golan Heights
Four Filipino UN peacekeepers have been abducted by armed men while patrolling in the demilitarised area between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. UN spokesmen said efforts were “under way to secure their release now”. A Syrian rebel group, the…
